Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual Vol 2 5

"Brother's Keeper": While on a mission to discuss an alliance with the Timatrans, the Enterprise encounters a large, abandoned space station near a radiation anomaly. An away team investigates and the anomaly explodes, damaging the Enterprise and blocking all communications. When a second away t

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Synopsis for "Brother's Keeper"

While on a mission to discuss an alliance with the Timatrans, the Enterprise encounters a large, abandoned space station near a radiation anomaly. An away team investigates and the anomaly explodes, damaging the Enterprise and blocking all communications. When a second away team arrives on the station, they find LaForge and Worf injured, but alive. If Data were human, he would be pronounced dead. LaForge feels responsible for Data's death and is determined to repair his friend, while repairs to the Enterprise continue. While trying to get some rest, LaForge dreams about his friend and is convinced that there is a clue to helping Data in his dream. Data briefly regains consciousness, but LaForge can't prove he is on the right track. Picard orders the Enterprise to leave and must defend his Chief Engineer's decision to spend time trying to repair Data rather than working on the Enterprise. LaForge makes one last risky attempt to help Data by stealing a shuttle and returning to the space station. His faith convinces Picard to return as well. LaForge finds information on the radiation in the station's memory banks which allows him to restore Data's neural net.